A 17-year-old was charged with the commission of an act of terrorism following a threat at Northwest Prep Academy on Thursday, according to Memphis police.

Police spokesman Louis Brownlee confirmed the charge, which is a Class A felony. He did not immediately have information on the nature of the threat. The suspect's name has not been released and it's unclear if the teen was a student at the school.

The Memphis Police Department said in a tweet they were called to the school around 2 p.m. The male suspect was taken into custody later, according to police, and not on the school's campus, located at 1266 Poplar.